Trolley attachment.



' F. J, MUELLER & P. J. SEYERLE.

TROLLEY ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 1909.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

COIlSlIlllCtli'Hl, combination an rg-coificztt-ion of Letters Patent.

other 16, 1809 oniuon.

-. SEYERLE, OF PITTFEBURG. PENNSYLVANIA Patented Feb. 1%, 1911.

Serial No. 518,026.

To all whom i concern:

Be it known that we Flinn 1} Illtltllkllli and Fi-inoniuoli (l. lfini'ianiin, eitizens of the United Stat s, residing at Pilishiirg in ll county of Al. hen and State of Fem vania, liai'eiiivl-aited {'tll'lill'll new and user. improvements in Tlrolley Al taelnimnls, whieli the following is a speei 'atioii.

his invention relates to tmlie vs. and the iiii ention has for llrobject to provide a devise of sueh. class which shall he i'fllilpill b Lively simple in consztruvlioo, strong. durable ellieient in its L and ha i ieaiis for redueing the sepzii o? the irolle wheels 1H) i ll e coiiduewr to a llillllli'll' Other ohjeets of the invention are to rush means for qii and onveoionilv tuil are common to the ordinary type of trolley l at the present used 111 eoiniectlon with t-roll lev systems. l i

a Our invention resides in two guards arl l 1 l ranged in the harp 2, one on each side of he wheel i. llach guard comprises a recla ie'iilai- \Qi'll'ezil l)t)tl (3, having an opening sitioiiiii the trol o an and maloasi" The ends ot the. guards are provided with lifoiii 1 groove; 10 and hearings ll tor transverse expensive to iiiaiii -ifiwlnw, roi'oliihle pins 12 and mounted upon said hurihel the inim are it) t pins are auti-tiietioiizil rollers 13. These provide ii. will permit ea 5 are adapted to ei'igage the conductor e speed, Wlll in .oad eonstrul vide trolls injure the on .7 system.

lVitli the fore-gen View, the invention hiring-op that and consists oil d arrangement 0t parts as her llii tfil forth and lilllr tinted iii the fie-coin ing (iiawii'ig where in is shown pietei'i ti eniliedinient of the invention; but it to be understood that changes, variation and ii'iodifieations can lie resortee to i-lnle fall within [the scope of the claim hereunt i l I) a ppendl in the iilierein like i: enee niiiiiei'als parts throughout the igu're l is a side elevation of a trolley eonsti'iieted in accordanm wizli our lliv'ttilllfill. Fig is a i? onl; elwaimn ov k F plain and Fig. 'atlon oi? the llll'ic'l side of one or "i filll'lillg partout the olie notes a 'tro ley pole having the upp thereof provided with :i warp furnished with a transve. revoliihletrolley wheel aid-lip upon a conductor or wire I.

when the guards tilt, and assist in main the trolley upon the wire.

The guards adjacent to the ends and lower edg s are connected by retractile coiled s; 1- said springs having their ends extending through the bodies (5 and formed to provide loops or eyelets 15. Connected to the eyelets 15 are the ends of cables 16 and 1.7, the former extending through the window or bitureation of the harp. The cables 16 and 17 are connected to a: ;si1igle cable 18, which is adapted to extend todhe car or vehicle equipped with the trolley.

In operation it is only necessary to pull upon the cable 18 to open the guards to that extentv as to tree the conductor 5, the/pale 1 being lowered at the same time.

Having now described our invention what we claim as new iszmounted upon said pin on opposite sides of the wheel. said guards eoiuprising reetan giiliir bodies ha ring the upper edges thereof liti'; and leveled at the ends thereof to provide entrance ways for a conductor, revoluble to UHlYQ the piii 3, said opening being In a. trolley, the combination of} a pole} a harp carried by the pole, a pin ni'oi'iiitedtransversely of the harp, a wheel revolubly mounted upon the pin, guard plates loosely' Rd inwardly to extend over said WllCQl' anti-friction rollers carried by the ends 'of- In testimony whereof we afiix our signaeeid guards, t coil spring connecting said tures in presence of two Witnesses. guards end having the extremities thereof FRED J. MOELLER. extended through. the guards and looped t0 FREDERICK J. SEYERLE. provide eyelets, and a cable connected to Witnesses:

said eyelets and adapted. to facilitate the re M. EAYAN? moval of the trolleyfrom the conductor. MAX H. SROLOVITZ. 

